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5:32am PDT |
Cheney meets Palestinian leaders |
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Summary: The US vice-president is in Ramallah for talks with Palestinian leaders, as rival factions agree to revive talks. |
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Cnn.com |
5:28am PDT |
Man wanted for murder stabs 7 at mall |
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Cnn.com |
5:28am PDT |
Man wanted for murder stabs 8 at mall |
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Yahoo News |
5:24am PDT |
Cheney meets Abbas in Mideast peace push
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Summary: AFP - US Vice President Dick Cheney met on Sunday with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in the West Bank, the latest stop on his Easter weekend bid to revive Middle East peace efforts. |
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Cnn.com |
5:23am PDT |
Ex-'70s radical back in custody |
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Summary: A former member of the radical 1970s group Symbionese Liberation Army is back in custody after a clerical error miscalculated her prison release date by a year, a California Department of Corrections spokesman said. Sara Jane Olson, freed Monday, was appr |
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5:09am PDT |
Murder family fly to Japan |
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Summary: The parents of murdered teacher Lindsay Ann Hawker fly to Japan to help renew the hunt for her killer. |
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Yahoo News |
5:04am PDT |
Fatah and Hamas sign reconciliation deal
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and
Hamas on Sunday signed a Yemeni-sponsored reconciliation deal,
promising to revive direct talks after months of hostilities. |
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Yahoo News |
5:02am PDT |
Midwesterners fight deadly spring floods
(AP)
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Summary: AP - As floodwaters pushed against the Valley Park levee, Tracy Ziegler pushed a cold beer toward one of his customers at Meramec Jack's bar and grill. |
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4:48am PDT |
Palestinian factions sign Yemen reconciliation deal
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and
Hamas signed on Sunday a Yemeni-sponsored reconciliation deal,
a witness to the signing said. |
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Cnn.com |
4:45am PDT |
Harry Potter author: I considered suicide |
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Summary: Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling has revealed she thought of killing herself while penniless and suffering from depression as a single mother, according to a report in Britain's Sunday Times newspaper.
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Yahoo News |
4:45am PDT |
Cheney talks with Palestinians
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Palestinian leaders, frustrated by the molasses speed of peace talks and Israeli settlement activity, have low expectations for their meetings Sunday with Vice President Dick Cheney, a strong defender of Israel. |
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4:34am PDT |
Japan's Okinawans rally against U.S. military crimes
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Thousands of Okinawans rallied on Sunday
to protest crimes by U.S. troops and demand a smaller U.S.
military presence on the southern Japanese island after last
month's arrest of a Marine on suspicion of raping a schoolgirl. |
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Yahoo News |
4:28am PDT |
37 killed in Iraq bloodshed
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - A series of attacks across Iraq on Sunday killed 37 people, and insurgents fired a barrage of mortar fire at Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, sending US embassy staff scurrying into bunkers. |
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4:27am PDT |
Pope calls for Easter Day peace |
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Summary: Thousands hear Pope Benedict call for peaceful solutions to the world's problems on Easter Day. |
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Yahoo News |
4:25am PDT |
Pope's Easter message calls for peace
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pope Benedict called in his Easter
message on Sunday for an end to injustice, hatred and violence
around the world, including in Tibet, Iraq and Darfur. |
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4:20am PDT |
Mother receives Scarlett report |
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Summary: The mother of British teenager Scarlett Keeling receives a report saying she was forcibly drowned in shallow water. |
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4:19am PDT |
Obama's rough patch could've been worse
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Barack Obama refers to the past couple of weeks as a tough, turbulent stretch. And why not? |
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4:16am PDT |
Suicide bomb kills 13 Iraqi soldiers
(AP)
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Summary: AP - A suicide car bomber killed at least 13 Iraqi soldiers and wounded dozens more people in Iraq's north on Sunday. Meanwhile, the U.S.-protected Green Zone in Baghdad came under fire from either mortars or rockets, and a round that fell short injured t |
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Cnn.com |
4:13am PDT |
Mugabe accused of election-rigging plan |
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Summary: The discovery millions of extra ballot forms proves that President Robert Mugabe intends to rig the March 29 elections in his favor, Zimbabwe's main opposition party said Sunday.
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Yahoo News |
4:11am PDT |
Musharraf says 'real democracy' begins
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Embattled President Pervez Musharraf hailed the start of a "new era of real democracy" in Pakistan and vowed Sunday to support an incoming government led by foes bent on diminishing his powers. |
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4:02am PDT |
Man dies after 'vicious assault' |
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Summary: Police launch a murder investigation after a man's body is found in an entry in Dungannon. |
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3:56am PDT |
F1: Raikkonen eases to win |
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Summary: Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen dominates the Malaysian Grand Prix, with Lewis Hamilton's McLaren down in fifth. |
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Yahoo News |
3:44am PDT |
11 killed in Baghdad attacks
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Summary: AFP - At least 11 people were killed on Sunday in two separate attacks in Baghdad, including six when armed men opened fire on a crowd in a local market, security and medical officials told AFP. |
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3:37am PDT |
Labour 'must show change' |
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Summary: Scottish Labour Leader Wendy Alexander launches her plan to win her party power back from the SNP. |
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Yahoo News |
3:26am PDT |
Pope celebrates Easter Mass in rainy St. Peter's Square
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pope Benedict celebrated an Easter
Mass for tens of thousands of people in driving rain on Sunday
as Christians around the world commemorated Christ's
resurrection. |
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BBC News |
3:25am PDT |
Baghdad and Mosul hit by attacks |
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Summary: At least six people die in a drive-by shooting in Baghdad, while 13 Iraqi soldiers are killed by a bomb in Mosul. |
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BBC News |
3:25am PDT |
Shoppers shot dead in Baghdad |
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Summary: At least six people die in a drive-by shooting in Baghdad, while 10 Iraqi soldiers are killed by a bomb in Mosul. |
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Yahoo News |
3:18am PDT |
Musharraf vows to support new Pakistan government
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - President Pervez Musharraf on Sunday pledged his full support to Pakistan's new coalition government led by his political opponents, who have vowed to take on the embattled US ally. |
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Yahoo News |
3:06am PDT |
Barrages hit Green Zone, gunmen kill seven
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Baghdad's heavily fortified "Green
Zone" came under heavy rocket or mortar attack on Sunday, and
police said at least two people had been killed outside the
government and diplomatic compound. |
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Yahoo News |
2:54am PDT |
Missouri levee keeps flood waters back
(AP)
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Summary: AP - As floodwaters pushed against the Valley Park levee, Tracy Ziegler pushed a cold beer toward one of his customers at Meramec Jack's bar and grill. |
